Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

Pioneers in the science of "de-extinction," an American company has announced the births of three pups whose genes resemble ...

A number of experts say that bringing back extinct animals will not solve any conservation problems and that efforts would be better spent trying to find ways to save current critically endangered ...

The company hopes the technologies that created the dire wolf can directly help endangered animals as well. Colossal said on Monday it has produced two litters of cloned red wolves, the most ...

The company recently announced the creation of three dire wolves, a canine species that hasn't roamed the Earth in more than 12,000 years, in the privately held company's continued efforts to ...

Some animals on the endangered species list include cheetahs, lemurs, marine otters, black rhinoceroses, blue whales, polar bears and several others. In his post, Burgum added that ...

How did they manage to bring the dire wolf back to life? Time magazine reports that based on clever genetic engineering and ancient, preserved DNA (from fossils between 11,500 and 72,000 years old ...

The dodo bird was pushed to extinction by deforestation, overhunting and the destruction of their nests by animals that the Dutch brought to the island. Now, Colossal wants to bring them back ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to ...